Joseph hayton



(No Model.)

J.- HAYTON.

I WINDOW SASH. No. 595,774. Patented Dec. 21,1897.

B 1 M minessas UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH HAYTON, OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

WlNDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,774, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed October 9, 1897. Serial 1T0. 654,656. (No model.) Patented in England September 17, 1897, No. 21,386.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HAYTON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 25 Primrose Street, Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in WVindow-Sashes, (for which I have obtained a patentin Great Britain, No. 21,386, bearing date September 17, 1897,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-sashes, and has for its object a ready means whereby they may be conveniently cleaned, repaired, or reversed.

To carry out the invention, the ordinary window-sash stiles are each provided with an extra stilepiece, which I call the loose stile. The loose stiles are either adapted to be made fast to the sash-stile, so as to permit the sashes to slide up and down in the usual way, or the loose stiles may be freed from the sash stiles, thus permitting the sashes to be reversed, cleaned, or repaired. This is effected by the rotation of a locking bolt or bolts, each provided with a thumb-' piece or lever for the purpose, and which project from the side of the sash-stiles toward the center of the Window.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I append drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a horizontal cross-section of a portion of two window-sashes fitted with the appliance, one of the loose stiles being connected to the sash-stile and the other being free. Figs. 2 and 3 are details on a reduced scale. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of an improved form of meeting-rail, also on a reduced scale.

Ais one of the stiles of the upper sash, and A one of the stiles of the lower sash.

B is one of the loose stiles of the upper sash, and B one of the loose stiles of the lower sash.

O G O are parts constituting the windowframe.

D is the 'parting slip or lath (secured to the window-frame by screws or the like) to keep the upper and lower sashes apart. The parting-slip D is rabbeted on either side to engage corresponding rabbets, one in each side of the loose stiles B B. The linings C C are also rabbeted to engage corresponding rabbets in the other side of the loose stiles B B. The latter are also provided on the side nearest the sash-stiles A A with one or more recessed plates E E, attached thereto by screws 6 or the like, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The plates E are hereinafter fully described.

To insure the movement of the loose stiles with the sash-stiles when they are locked together, as hereinafter described, the loose stiles B B are also provided with a number of projecting songs or studs 6 to engage corresponding recesses 6 in one side of each of the sash-stiles A A, or the studs 2 may project from the sash-stiles to engage corresponding recesses in the loose stiles.

Each of the sash-stiles is provided with one or more locking-bolts F, passing through the material of the sash-stile at a right angle, or thereabout, to the center of the window. One end of each of the locking-bolts projects from the side of the sash in front of the glass and is provided with a lever or thumb-piece f, by which the bolt F can be caused to make a movement of partial rotation. The other end of each of the bolts is formed with a circumferential groove f to engage a curved or angular slot 6 in each of the plates E, attached to the loose stiles B, as regards one of the sashes. Referring to the other sash, the plates E are replaced by plates E, each divided transversely into two parts f 2 f each provided with a semicircular hole to fit round the groove f in the bolt F. This method of construction enables the sashes to be removed entirely from the window-frame with facility.

Referring now to the means for locking or unlocking the loose and sash stiles, each of the bolts F is formed with a helical groove f at about the middle of its length, and the point of a pin, stud, or set-screw f recessed in the sash-stile, engages therewith.

Supposing the sash and loose stiles to be fast with each other, a movement of each of the levers f in one direction causes the locking-bolts F to make a movement of partial rotation and at the same time causes them to move laterally, and the thrust action thus set up causes the loose stiles to be freed from the sash stiles by means of the engagement of the groove f on each of the locking-bolts F with their corresponding plates E.

Referring to Fig. 4, G G are the meetingbars of the upper and lower sashes. As shown, the adjacent surfaces aredoubly or step rabbeted atg g to insure the joint being weather-tight.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In window-sashes or the like, the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stile B, the locking-bolts F, mounted in the sash-stiles A, one end of each of the bolts F being provided with a groove and thrustcollar to engage the loose stiles B, the helical grooves the pins f and the thumbpieces f by which the bolts F may be partially rotated, substantially as described and shown.

2. In window-sashes or the like, the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the snugs e projecting from one side of the loose stiles B to engage corresponding recesses in the sash-stiles, the locking-bolts F mounted in the sash-stiles A, one end of each of the bolts F being provided with a groove and thrust-collar, to engage the loose stiles B, the helical grooves f, the pins f and the thumb-pieces f, substantially 'as shown and described.

3. In window-sashes or the like, the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the rabbeted parting slips or laths D to keep the upper and lower sashes apart, the projecting snugs 6 the looking-bolts F, one end of each of which is provided with agroove and thrust-collar to engage the loose stiles B, the helical grooves the engaging pins f and the thumb-pieces f, substantially as shown and described.

4. In Window-sashes or the like, the combination of. the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the rabbeted parting slips or laths D, the rabbeted portions 0, C of the window-lining, the projecting snugs 2 the locking-bolts F each provided with a groove and thrust-collar to engage the loose stiles B, the helical grooves J, the engaging pins f and the thumb-piecesf,substantiallyas shown and described.

5. In window-sashes or the like the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the rabbeted parting slips or laths D, the rabbeted portions 0, C of the Window-lining, the projecting snugs 6 the locking-bolts F, the divided recessed sets of,

plates f 1, each set provided with semicircular holes to engage grooves formed on the ends of each of the bolts F, the helical grooves f, the engaging pins f and the thumbpieces f, substantially as shown and doi scribed.

6. In window-sashes or the like, the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the rabbeted parting slips or laths D, the rabbeted portions 0, C of the Window-lining, the projecting snugs e the locking-bolts F, the slots 6' in the plates E to engage grooves formed on the ends of each of the bolts F, the helical grooves f", the engaging pins f and the thumb-pieces f, substantially as described and shown.

7. In window-sashes and the like, the combination of the sash-stiles A, the loose rabbeted stiles B, the rabbeted parting slips or laths D, the rabbeted portions 0, O of the window-lining, the projecting snugs 6 the locking-bolts F, the slots e in the plates E to engage grooves formed on the ends of each of the bolts F, the helical grooves f the engaging pins f and the thumb-pieces with the doubly or step rabbeted meeting bars or rails G, G, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH IIAYTON.

Witnesses:

THOS. HUNTINGTON, ARTHUR HENRY WARREN. 

